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overrode
verb as in cancel, reverse a decision
Weak matches
- alter
- annul
- bend to one's will
- control
- countermand
- direct
- disallow
- disregard
- dominate
- govern
- ignore
- influence
- invalidate
- make null and void
- make void
- not heed
- nullify
- outvote
- outweigh
- overturn
- prevail over
- quash
- recall
- repeal
- rescind
- revoke
- ride roughshod
- rule against
- set aside
- supersede
- sway
- take no account of
- thwart
- trample
- upset
- vanquish
- veto
Example Sentences
The California Legislature also last overrode a gubernatorial veto in 1980.
They won in the lower courts, and the Supreme Court ruled in 2013 that the federal motor voter law preempted or overrode the state’s law.
But his love for Puerto Rico overrode any political affiliation shortly after the island was devastated by Hurricane Maria in 2017 and aid from the U.S. government was sporadic.
The council quickly overrode her veto but the new criminal code was later overturned by the U.S.
Republicans in Kansas overrode a veto by Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly to pass a bill that made it a felony if anyone registering voters impersonated or was assumed to impersonate an election official.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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